iPhone 4S Capacity Usage

usually it is app data you can scrub most of it by uninstalling and recycling apps it also could be bookmarks through safari, calendar reminders, etc.

 

I've come to the conclusion that (I think) it has something to do with Music.

I've restored my phone several times now trying to figure out what is causing it to increase so much. Adding Apps, Photos, Movies, Podcast does nothing to increase 'Other', but the moment I start to sync my Music to my iPhone, it begins to increase quite a bit.

But 'Other' tends to increase a lot after the 2nd sync, and I did notice that the status bar says that its adding Album Covers (even though my tracks on my phone already have covers, it adds them again).

 

I also use to wonder what "other" was. I always thought it was cydia info and apps when I was jailbroken but i'm on a 4S now and "other" still reads 1.2GB

 

This is definitely an issue with iOS 5 (not Apps or Cydia) because throughout iOS 4.x and earlier, my other always hovered around .3 - .5, but as soon as I upgraded to iOS 5 it has doubled to over 1GB.

 

Your "other" is really high. My wires was showing up like that but after a restore, it was back down to 380mb

 

Did you restore from back-up?

 

voice memos?

 

When you got it did you restore from a previous iphone from itunes? And if you did was that iPhone Jailbroken?

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If you have a lot that can take up space.

 

emails with attachment(s)?

 

I wouldn't think that would take up that much space but he can try to delete all his emails.

 

Have you cleared cookies and history in safari.

 

I plugged my phone into iTunes and mine is 1.08gb. My wife's is about the same now that she has 5.0.1

 

I am having this exact issue, same process (as I described in an earlier post above)

During the second sync (after all my music has already been added with Artwork, it re-adds them all again), this is what I see.

 

My theory is that "other" is bigger on IOS 5 due to the added backups to iCloud. Maybe it stores a copy of the backup on the phone that it transmits when you plug in and are connected to wifi. If I subtract the size of my backup from "other" I pretty much end up with what my pre IOS 5 "other" was.